Chris O’Meara/APDevils center Travis Zajac has been named one of four alternate captains for Team Canada at the IIHF world championships in Slovakia.

Devils center Travis Zajac has been named one of four alternate captains for Team Canada at the upcoming IIHF world championships in Slovakia.

Rick Nash of the Columbus Blue Jackets will serve as Canada’s captain while four others wear an ‘A’ as alternate captains. They are Zajac, Dion Phaneuf of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Jason Spezza of the Ottawa Senators and Andrew Ladd of the Atlanta Thrashers.

Zajac, 25, has played in 401 consecutive games for the Devils since Oct. 26, 2006, breaking the record of 388 held by Ken Daneyko. In 82 games this season he had 44 points (13 goals, 31 assists), which ranked third on the team in scoring behind Patrik Elias and Ilya Kovalchuk.

Zajac is from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Elias will be playing for the Czech Republic and Kovalchuk for Russia in the tournament.

The world championships will be played April 29-May 15 in Bratislava and Kosice, Slovakia. Canada plays its first game Friday against Belarus.